Show #3536 2000-01-10 (taped 1999-11-09) Regular

Audio problems with some of the contestants' responses.

Contestants

Moira Byrnes — a director originally from Rockport, New York

Jerry Crowley — a law student from Tallahassee, Florida

Justin T. Bradford, Jr. — an educator from Canyon Country, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Justin $800 $1,000 $3,400 $6,799
2nd place: Trip to Spa Atlantis in Pompano Beach, Florida
$4,100
19 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Jerry $-500 $1,200 $5,200 $10,400
New champion: $10,400
$5,200
12 R, 2 W
Moira $300 $-800 $-3,000 $-3,000
3rd place: Meade ETX 90 telescope
$-1,000
10 R, 10 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

LIFE TOTAL SPECIAL "K" LUCKY CHARMS FRUIT LOOPS CZECHS
$100 [1]
Pulmonology is the study of the physiology & pathology of these organs
lungs
Justin
$100 [6]
Total number of ounces of orange juice needed to make a classic mimosa with 2 ounces of champagne
2 (even parts)
Justin Moira
$100 [11]
In the comics this substance comes in many colors but only the green one can kill Superman
kryptonite
Justin
$100 [15]
This turkey part is luckier for the person who breaks off the longer piece
wishbone
Justin
$100 [19]
This present state, scene of a famous 1621 Thanksgiving feast, is a leading cranberry producer
Massachusetts
Moira
$100 [27]
Czech-born director Forman & Czech prime minister Zeman share this first name
Milos
Moira
$200 [2]
This "new world" marsupial isn't "playing dead" when threatened--it is shocked into a catatonic faint
possum
Justin
$200 [7]
Total number of strokes it takes a golfer to double bogey a par 4 hole
6
Moira
$200 [12]
[unavailable audio on video clue]
kaleidoscope
Justin
$200 [17]
"See" one of these. "pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck"
a pin
Justin
$200 [22]
This western state leads the U.S. in the production of pears as well as apples
Washington
Justin
$200 [28]
After 74 years together, it was splitsville for the Czech Republic & this nation on January 1, 1993
Slovakia
Moira
$300 [3]
In 1953 Watson, Crick & Wilkins proposed the double helix model for this generic material
DNA
Justin
$300 [8]
Total number of miles a car that gets 20 MPG can go on 11 gallons of gas
220
Justin
$300 [13]
In a traditional Japanese wedding the bride wears a white one of these robes; the groom wears black
kimono
Moira
$300 [18]
This lucky "numerical" plant promises the finder fame, wealth, a faithful lover & glorious health
4-leaf clover
Jerry
$300 [23]
If you need a papaya in the face, go to this state that produces almost the entire U.S. crop
Hawaii
Jerry
$300 [29]
This international alliance welcomed the Czech Republic as a member in March 1999
NATO
Justin Jerry
$400 [4]
Named for a many-headed monster of myth, this genus of invertebrates can regenerate injured parts
hydra
Justin
$500 [10]
Total number of liters of water needed to fill a 10-centimeter cube
1
Justin Jerry Moira
$400 [14]
"The prettiest picture you've ever seen is Christmas in" this Irish town
Killarney
Moira
$400 [20]
These birds meant good fortune for ancient mariners, unless a sailor killed one
albatrosses
Justin Jerry
$400 [24]
The Winter Haven area of this state is home to an annual citrus festival
Florida
Jerry
$400 [30]
The Bohemian Czech king Charles IV held this "Holy" title from 1355 to 1378
Holy Roman Emperor
Justin
$500 [5]
Named for their disk-like shape, these smallest formed elements in the blood aid in clotting
platelets
Justin
DD $700 [9]
Total number of revolutions made by an old vinyl LP to play a 3-minute song
100 (33 1/3 X 3)
Justin
$500 [16]
During their daily prayers Muslims face toward this sacred shrine
The Kaaba
Jerry Moira
$500 [21]
In hopes of future wealth, a bride might have one of these English coins in her shoe
sixpence
Moira
$500 [25]
The area around Traverse City in this state is famous for its cherries
Michigan
Jerry
$500 [26]
Prominent 20th C. Czech writers include Jaroslav Seifert & this "Unbearable Lightness of Being" author
Milan Kundera
Moira

Double Jeopardy! Round

NATIVE AMERICAN LIT ILLINOISE DICTATORS SOCIAL SCIENTIST'S DICTIONARY SUBATOMIC PARTICLES WHAT'S IN A DOG'S NAME?
$200 [6]
The title of Sherman Alexie's 1993 short story collection asserts this man & Tonto "Fistfight in Heaven"
The Lone Ranger
Justin
$200 [11]
On this street, "that great street, I just wanna say, they do things they don't do on Broadway"
State Street
Moira
$200 [16]
England:1653-1658
Oliver Cromwell
Moira
$200 [21]
Kshatriyas & Vaisyas are 2 of these hereditary social divisions of Hinduism
castes
Justin
$200 [26]
A cloud of these, the first particle discovered, may surround the nucleus
electrons
Justin Jerry
$200 [1]
Rottweil, home of the Rottweiler, is a city in this country
Germany
Moira
$400 [7]
Novelist James Welch's first book of nonfiction was 1994's "Killing" this cavalryman
Custer
Justin
$400 [12]
Songs by this Billy Corgan band out of Chicago include "Tonight, Tonight" & "Today"
Smashing Pumpkins
Justin
$400 [17]
Nicaragua:1967-1979
Anastasio Somoza
Moira
$400 [22]
Technically it's any ethnic group in which the average height of adult males is less than 4' 11"
pygmies
Justin
$400 [27]
The heaviest one of the 6 particles known as these is the top one
quarks
Justin
$400 [2]
This silky-haired, droopy-eared variety is just a "Spanish" dog
spaniel
Moira
$600 [8]
This "Gorky Park" author drew on his Pueblo heritage to write the 1986 thriller "Stallion Gate"
Martin Cruz Smith
Jerry
$600 [13]
[unable to identify speaker]One of my influences was this bluesman who was born Chester Burnett but nicknamed for his howling vocals
Howlin' Wolf
Moira
$600 [18]
North Korea:1948-1994
Kim Il-Sung
Justin
$600 [23]
Authority is held by females in this type of family or society
matriarch
Jerry
$600 [3]
Some claim it's the plural of mosenji, a Lingala word for "native"
basenji
$800 [9]
This "Chief" appeared in the film "Little Big Man" & wrote the poetry collection "My Heart Soars"
Dan George
Jerry
DD $1,000 [14]
This folk music expert & "Big Daddy" of film was born in Illinois with the last name Ivanhoe
Burl Ives
Moira
$800 [19]
Portugal:1932-1968
Antonio Salazar
$800 [24]
Ceremonies that mark important transitional periods in a person's life as these kinds of "rites"
rites of passage
Jerry
DD $1,000 [4]
The name terrier goes back to the Latin word for this
earth (terra)
Moira
$1,000 [10]
In a 1932 book, this Oglala Sioux holy man "Speaks" his life story to poet John Neihardt
Black Elk
$1,000 [15]
This jazz trumpeter responsible for the "Birth of the Cool" was born in Alton, Illinois in 1926
Miles Davis
Jerry
$1,000 [20]
Central African Republic (later empire):1966-1979
Jean-Bedel Bokassa
$1,000 [25]
The results are in--it's the quantitative study of human populations
demography
Moira
$1,000 [5]
This royal dog of Egypt was named for a town in Arabia
saluki

Final Jeopardy!

MEDICAL HISTORY

Anne Miller, the first person whose life was saved by this drug, lived 57 more years, dying in 1999

penicillin

Justin "What is Penicillin?" — wagered $3,399
Jerry "What is penicillin" — wagered $5,200

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